Colleen's articles have appeared in publications around the world.  
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Criminal justice: 
Working the New York City crime beat is a shifting mix of the professionally thrilling and personally agonizing

Babies Behind Bars: Should Moms do time with their newborns? 

Mother testifies about the horror of finding her children slain by nanny 

Cyberstalk victim says she feared tormentor would kill her 

'Pharma Bro' gets 7 years in prison in securities fraud case

Terrorist or hero? Puerto Rico nationalist to be freed after more than 30 years in prison

‘Son of Sam’ killer was arrested 40 years ago this week

30th Arrest: Transit Impostor says he needs help, not jail 

MS-13 Street Gang Grips Long Island Suburbs in Violence

Mystery of Etan Patz's disappearance ends in conviction
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Officer's sentence in stairway killing leaves divide, dismay

Perp walks such as Strauss-Kahn's are common in U.S. but rare overseas

After 8½ years, no trial yet in Times Square hotel killing

Despondent over 2-year saga of fraud, son of Bernard Madoff hangs himself in NYC apartment

Policing: 

Does cellphone-sweeping 'StingRay' technology go too far?

Don't look down! NYPD unit does its work at dizzying heights

I signed up for this? Reporter scales Brooklyn Bridge 

Police release 1st footage of fatal shooting caught on body camera

Two cops shot to death while sitting in their patrol car

Right people, right place, right time: Federal trial on NYPD stop-frisk policy proves window into dept.

'What is this, Russia?' Cop claims NYPD had him committed for being a whistleblower 

Police stop-and-frisk practice growing in big cities

Eric Garner chokehold death: NYC Officer Daniel Pantaleo will not be indicted

The talk down before the take down: NYPD Arrest Retraining Discourages Verbal Abuse, Physical Violence

NYPD slowdown: Times Square had 1 million revelers, zero tickets

​Other features: 

Puerto Rico youth stranded with school still out from storm

"It's like a ghost town": Puerto Rico tourism craters in wake of Hurricane Maria

Tampon tax: Does being female in the US carry unfair costs?

BP finally stops oil spewing, 85 days, 16 hours and 25 minutes after it started leaking into Gulf of Mexico

​Opulent antiques at annual show include Holy Grail of Tiffany lamps